Looks like Hockey Night in Canada is safe on CBC. There was some speculation the Saturday night NHL broadcast rights would go elsewhere, but everything came together, and a new deal was signed. Good for them. Aside from Don Cherry, the whole show is pretty amazing, and a real piece of living Canadian history.

Double-headers

Along with the news, came this development:

"...CBC will introduce free streaming internet feeds of any game CBC broadcasts from anywhere in Canada as a part of the agreement announced yesterday that will keep the NHL on the public broadcaster through the 2013-14 season."

"We should make our content available to Canadians in whatever way at whatever time in whatever manner they find most convenient," CBC executive vice-president Richard Stursberg said.

Uber, I'm with you. The Isles got hit with the injury bug at the wrong time. Plus, I think Simon's ban couldn't have happened at a worse time. The Isles were still in contention before he got banned. Plus, DP's concussion really hurt when Dunham couldn't get it done as the backup. The Isles need a better backup.